Question about my new DiMarzio pickups. . .

Exhale · 06-23-2005, 01:12 PM

YESSS!! I just got my new ToneZone7 and AirNorton7 for my RG1527CB and I cant wait to throw these in! But I was wondering . . . I took a close look to both pickups and they are I-DEN-TI-CAL. The only difference is the model number. The have the same size, polepieces and weight. So if they are made the same way with the same components, how can the sound be different between the two?

I mean, Im no p/u specialist but I would really like to know what makes a pickup different from another.

Thanx!!!

Mind Riot · 06-23-2005, 02:15 PM

Different types of magnets, the amount and style of winding the wire, the polepeices, the way they age, not to mention just variations in the material (though things are a lot more consistent than they used to be), etc. Whole bunch of things influence the way a pickup sounds, it's really a fascinating field.

Digital Black · 06-23-2005, 03:23 PM

Between these two- the way it's wound and how many windings.

The Dark Wolf · 06-23-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth000

Between these two- the way it's wound and how many windings.

This is exactly right. Only physical difference between the two is how the pickups are wound.

That being said, they SOUND different, which they should.

Leon · 06-23-2005, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mind Riot

...it's really a fascinating field.

agreed! the only thing that helped me get through my Electricity & Magnetism courses as an undergrad was thinking, "someday i could be designing guitar pickups, someday i could be designing guitar pickups...."

eleven59 · 06-23-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

agreed! the only thing that helped me get through my Electricity & Magnetism courses as an undergrad was thinking, "someday i could be designing guitar pickups, someday i could be designing guitar pickups...."

Have you built any yet? I'd be interested in hearing from someone, as I love the do-it-yourself stuff with guitars. I want to build one someday when I have the time and money for materials

Leon · 06-23-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by eleven59

Have you built any yet? I'd be interested in hearing from someone, as I love the do-it-yourself stuff with guitars. I want to build one someday when I have the time and money for materials

i built a very rudimentary one back in my senior year. we had this pretty decent lab with tons of electronics, but no course in electronics

so, i decided to play around. i just took a magnet, wrapped some shielded wire around it, and hooked the wire up to a multimeter with some banana plugs. we (me and my partner in crime) found some steel wire (er, 'rust' wire lol) and fastened it between two wooden blocks. the output was very small, but it was there

jim777 · 06-23-2005, 10:11 PM

the AirNorton7 is a lot saltier than the TZ7. Have you licked them both yet? You may not taste the difference if you're sober, though. Pound a six (or a seven!) and get to licking...

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06-23-2005, 01:12 PM	#1
Exhale Uber Carvinator! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada Posts: 100 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Question about my new DiMarzio pickups. . . YESSS!! I just got my new ToneZone7 and AirNorton7 for my RG1527CB and I cant wait to throw these in! But I was wondering . . . I took a close look to both pickups and they are I-DEN-TI-CAL. The only difference is the model number. The have the same size, polepieces and weight. So if they are made the same way with the same components, how can the sound be different between the two? I mean, Im no p/u specialist but I would really like to know what makes a pickup different from another. Thanx!!!

06-23-2005, 03:23 PM	#3
Digital Black Divinitus Infallibilis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cleveland , Ohio Posts: 5,322 Thanked: 21 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Between these two- the way it's wound and how many windings. Born of Fire//--\\ Consumed by it Divinitus Infallibilis

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jim777 Seen all good people Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Blackwood, South Jersey Posts: 1,174 Thanked: 2 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	the AirNorton7 is a lot saltier than the TZ7. Have you licked them both yet? You may not taste the difference if you're sober, though. Pound a six (or a seven!) and get to licking... ...diagonally parked in a parallel universe... Please visit freerice.com if you get bored online

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Mind Riot Devoted seven stringer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 713 Thanked: 2 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Different types of magnets, the amount and style of winding the wire, the polepeices, the way they age, not to mention just variations in the material (though things are a lot more consistent than they used to be), etc. Whole bunch of things influence the way a pickup sounds, it's really a fascinating field.